An electronic seal apparatus causes an image displaying/reading apparatus
to display an electronic document. The electronic seal apparatus includes
(i) a storage section for storing first identification information to be
used for identifying a first digit of a user of the image
displaying/reading apparatus and a first seal image of the user in
association with each other, (ii) a digit identifying section for
determining based on the first identification information whether or not
a digit indicated on a subject image that is read by the image
displaying/reading apparatus while the electronic document is displayed
by the image displaying/reading apparatus is the first digit, and (iii) a
sealing section for sealing onto the electronic document, in a case where
the digit indicated on the subject image is determined to be the first
digit, a seal image associated with the first identification information.
This makes it possible to develop a system in which a seal image can be
electronically sealed after finger authentication is performed even if a
finger authentication scanner solely dedicated for reading an image from
a digit is not provided.